MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jake Abbott jokes that his high school alma mater has a running joke on campus that the West Virginia football team should become the “Mountain Bears,” and he may not be too far off.
Fairmont Senior has had a run recently of sending players up Interstate 79 and suiting up for the Mountaineers, including Abbott, a 2017 Polar Bears graduate. Some names are more well known than others — the Stills brothers, Darius and Dante — were highly-recruited and sit atop the depth chart along the defensive line. Their father, Gary, also happens to be one of the best linebackers to play at WVU.